Street Glide or Road Glide?
#63
02-08-2023, 04:54 AM
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This leads me to an interesting thought: We've recently seen a lot of interest in threads or stories describing how to make a Street Glide into a Road Glide. Conversely....how much past or recent discussion has there been about taking a RG and converting it to SG/batwing?
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#64
02-08-2023, 05:21 AM
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#65
02-08-2023, 01:41 PM
Intermediate
with owning both a SG and RGS currently, its a toss up for me. I love them both ! When i got my new RGS i didn't like the screen so far away at first but as someone above mentioned you really don't need to touch the screen, the hand controls do everything so i got used to that pretty quickly and easier to look straight onto instead of dropping your eyes slightly to look at the closer to you SG fairing. I have short and long distanced both bikes and find the wind and handling do have minor differences but nothing that makes one better than the other. I do find the fairing on the RGS that hang outs out over the front wheel so far is a bit heavy when moving the bike around by your foot power, you have to be a more conscious of that weight when turning, but nothing huge.
think its just try them both for yourself and see what you prefer, but i do recommend a decent run on the bike not just around the block.
think its just try them both for yourself and see what you prefer, but i do recommend a decent run on the bike not just around the block.
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02-08-2023, 02:16 PM
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#67
02-08-2023, 02:19 PM
Road Captain
People regurgitate what they read online. It’s all confirmation bias bs. Pretty much zero difference dynamically between these bikes for everyday use. Any difference is purely aesthetic. I think the street glide is elegant and classic looking and I like the cockpit layout whilst the road glide is hideous to look at IMHO with the instrumentation in the wrong place so I bought the street glide. Just buy what appeals to you and think no more about it. They both do the exact same thing, and very well I might say.
will the RG handle better at some stupid speed in cross-winds? maybe, but I don't care
batwings all day for me.
#68
02-08-2023, 10:13 PM
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02-08-2023, 11:04 PM
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